Rush Street recently was taken over by new owners and they've turned the bar into more of a night club than anything. Some of my female friends said it's known as the place where married men go to find a little college girl lovin'.

You calling Roger Sterling a ninny? Nothing the least bit girly about a true a dry martini of gin and dry vermouth, or even the perfect martini of gin, dry vermouth and sweet vermouth the OP called for. I recommend the Grange on Liberty for an awesome hand-crafted cocktail.

... made me imagine him sitting in his expansive library, surrounded by history professors and foreign dignitaries, listening to Pat Suzuki's version of The Victors, while talking about the Good War and quipping, "Meeting FDR was like opening your first bottle of champagne; knowing him was like drinking it."

yep, that's what it made me think. Weird, I know.

Do Something. If it works, do more of it. If it doesn't, do something else.

Have the T-shirt. And trust me, it is on my list of stops this weekend (I am looking forward to a nice Porter Flight). But sometimes there is absolutely nothing like a perfect, ice-cold Martini to un-fuck your head when you really need it. And I am absolutely positive I am going to really need it. My preferred method is to just have the bartender crack my skull open and pour it directly on my brain....

And Gandy Dancer. I'd say those are the two best bars for business meetings. You can get a good martini in either place. They both used to have Noilly Prat vermouth; not sure if it even matters anymore since they ruined Noilly Prat.

They have good-sized martinis, and cocktails (solid menu) are half price during Happy Hour, which is not only weekdays from 3-5, but also on Thurs-Sat nights from 10 pm to close. By the way, pints of draught beer are $3, and 12-oz. bottles are $2..

Full menu, including beverages (except the cocktail menu for some reason) can be found on their website: redhawkannarbor.com.

They have VERY generous portions as well. I personally get either jack and coke or long islands when I go there.. Knights, Webbers, and Westside Banfields (zeeb and baker) are all not stingy on their drinks and ALL have good deals.

Directions to Columbus: South till you smell it, east till you step in it!

i understand this is a thread about drinking, but I don't understand what is so good about knights steak. sure their ground beef that is used at restaurants like red hawk is the best you can get in town, but for grilling at your house, the selection of different grinds at whole foods is better, and for steaks sparrows blows knights out of the water, its not even close

Knight's has a brilliant business model of getting everyone so hammered for cheap nobody will care their $20 steak is basically Applebees quality. Seems to be working for them. Amazing what a little extra booze will do for a joint.

"This is a program in transition, this is a program that's going back to hard-nosed, big-boy football," Brandon said. "We're in the process of putting the pieces in place to afford us to do that consistently and effectively.

If you want a great Martini see Gary at the Chop House. Great bar, great bartender. If you head down to la dolce vita for a cigar, you still get his mixes. Black pearl is okay, but too many gimmicky martini's. Just give me the classic martini.